Measuring Vital Signs
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| The four _________ __________ of body function are: temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure. | show 🗑
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| The persons vital signs ____________ and are affected by sleep, activity, eating, weather, noise, exercise, medications, anger, fear, anxiety, pain, and illness. | show 🗑
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| Vital signs are measured to detect _________ in normal body function. | show 🗑
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| show | Treatment
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| Vital signs often signal ________-__________ events. | show 🗑
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| Vital signs are measured: during the physical ___________. | show 🗑
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| Vital signs are measured: when the person is _______________ to the center. | show 🗑
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| Vital signs are measured: as often as the person's ______________ requires. | show 🗑
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| Vital signs are measured: before and after _____________, complex procedures, and diagnostic tests. | show 🗑
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| Vital signs are measured: after some care measures, such as ________________. | show 🗑
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| show | Fall
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| show | Medications
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| show | Pain
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| In most cases you should take vital signs when the person is at rest - __________ down or sitting. | show 🗑
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| Report any vital sign at once that is _________________ from a prior measurement. | show 🗑
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| Report any vital sign at once that is above the _____________ range. | show 🗑
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| Report any vital sign at once that is _________________ the normal range. | show 🗑
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| show | Body temperature
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| show | Produced
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| show | Morning
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| show | Menstrual
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| Temperature _____________ are the mouth, rectum, axilla, tympanic membrane, and temporal artery. | show 🗑
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| Axillary temperature is measured in the ___________. | show 🗑
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| show | Ear
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| A temporal artery temperature is measured on the _____________. | show 🗑
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| show | Glass thermometers
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| show | Red
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| Which temperature site is not used if the person is unconscious? | show 🗑
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| show | Oral
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| Which temperature site is not used if the person has heart disease? | show 🗑
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| show | Oral
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| show | Tympanic membrane
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| Which temperature site is non-invasive? | show 🗑
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| show | Oral
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| Which temperature site is not used if the person has a convulsive (seizure) disorder? | show 🗑
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| show | Axillary
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| A baseline temperature of 98.6 F is for the ___________, tympanic membrane, temporal artery sites. | show 🗑
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| show | Rectal
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| show | Axillary
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| The normal range for body temperature is one _____________ above and below the baseline measurement. | show 🗑
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| show | Tympanic membrane
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| Before taking a temperature you need the following information from the nurse and the care plan: what _____________ to use. | show 🗑
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| Before taking a temperature you need the following information from the nurse and the care plan: what __________________ to use for each person. | show 🗑
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| show | When
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| Before taking a temperature you need the following information from the nurse and the care plan: which persons are at risk for ______________ temperatures. | show 🗑
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| show | Temporal artery
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| show | Sim's
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| show | Confused
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| When taking an ____________ temperature you need to ask the person not to eat, drink, smoke, or chew gum for at least 15-20 minutes before the procedure. | show 🗑
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| For a _____________ temperature you must lubricate the end of the covered probe. | show 🗑
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| show | Dry
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| Temperature sensitive tape is applied to the _________________. | show 🗑
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| show | Pulse
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| show | Radial
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| show | Apical
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| show | Stethoscope
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| What is an instrument used to listen to the sounds produced by the heart, lungs, and other body organs? | show 🗑
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| show | Ear-pieces
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| show | Rate
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| What is the number of heartbeats or pulses felt in 1 minute? | show 🗑
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| When using a stethoscope, you need to ____________ the diaphragm in your hand before applying it to the person's skin. | show 🗑
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| show | Tachycardia
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| What is a slow heart rate, less than 60 beats per minute? | show 🗑
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| show | Rhythm
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| An _________________ pulse occurs when the beats are not evenly spaced or beats are skipped. | show 🗑
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| show | Force
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| show | Easy
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| show | Strong
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| show | Thready
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| Electric blood _______________ equipment can also count pulses. | show 🗑
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| When using an electric blood pressure device the pulse _________ is shown. | show 🗑
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| Some electric blood pressure devices show the pulse ____________. | show 🗑
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| show | Force
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| show | Radial
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| show | 2
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| An ____________ pulse is taken by using a stethoscope. | show 🗑
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| show | 1
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| show | 1
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| show | Equal
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| show | Two
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| show | Apical-radial pulse
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| What is the difference between the apical and radial pulse rates? | show 🗑
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| To calculate the pulse deficit you _____________ the radial pulse from the apical rate. | show 🗑
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| show | Greater
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| When taking an apical-radial pulse, you count the pulse for ______ minute. | show 🗑
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| What term means breathing air into (inhalation) and out of (exhalation) the lungs? | show 🗑
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| A healthy adult has _______ to 20 respirations per minute. | show 🗑
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| Count each rise and fall of the chest a ________ respiration. | show 🗑
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| Begin counting respirations when the chest ____________. | show 🗑
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| show | After
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| show | Pulse
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| show | 30
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| When counting respirations you should note: if the respirations are ______________. | show 🗑
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| show | Equally
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| show | Depth
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| show | Breathing
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| When counting respirations you should note: if the person has an abnormal respiratory _____________. | show 🗑
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| show | Blood pressure
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| What is the period of heart muscle contraction (when the heart is pumping blood) called? | show 🗑
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| What is the period of heart muscle relaxation (when heart is a rest) called? | show 🗑
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| show | Systolic pressure
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| show | Diastolic pressure
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| show | Mercury
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| show | 120
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| show | 80
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| show | Hypertension
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| show | Hypotension
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| You use a __________________ and a sphygmomanometer to measure blood pressure. | show 🗑
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| show | Cuff
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| show | Increases
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| Factors affecting blood pressure include: Gender - women usually have ____________ blood pressure than men do. | show 🗑
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| Factors affecting blood pressure include: Blood volume - severe bleeding _____________ blood volume, therefore BP decreases. | show 🗑
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| show | Increases
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| show | Increases
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| Factors affecting blood pressure include: Exercise - BP ____________. | show 🗑
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| show | Higher
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| show | Higher
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| show | Increases
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| Factors affecting blood pressure include: Medications - can be given to _____________ or lower BP. | show 🗑
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| Factors affecting blood pressure include: Positioning - BP is ____________ when lying down. | show 🗑
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| show | Drop
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| show | Hypotension
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| Factors affecting blood pressure include: Smoking - can __________ BP. | show 🗑
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| Factors affecting blood pressure include: Alcohol - excessive alcohol intake can ____________ BP. | show 🗑
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| show | Brachial
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| show | Arm
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| Guidelines for measuring BP include: Do not take BP on the side that a woman has had ______________ surgery. | show 🗑
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| show | Injured
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| show | Rest
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| If orthostatic vital signs are ordered you should first measure BP and pulse after the person has been ______________ for at least 5 minutes. | show 🗑
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| If orthostatic vital signs are ordered and you have taken the first set of vitals you then measure pulse and BP while the person ____ at the bedside. | show 🗑
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| show | Standing
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| show | Bare
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| Guidelines for measuring BP include: Using a large cuff if the person is ______________ or has a large arm. | show 🗑
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| Guidelines for measuring BP include: Placing the diaphragm of the stethoscope firmly over the _____________ artery. | show 🗑
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| show | Quiet
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| When measuring BP, the first sound you hear is the _______________ pressure. | show 🗑
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| show | Diastolic
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| show | Seconds
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| show | Hear
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| show | Under
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| Deflate the cuff at an even rate of 2-4 millimeters per ______________. | show 🗑
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